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It’s looking like 500 workers at the Invista plant are going to be out of jobs between now and February, give or take. Let’s look at that number, 500. What does it mean to the Waynesboro economy? Because at first glance, OK, 500, that’s a lot of people, but the Waynesboro economy supports roughly 11,000…
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AFP editor Chris Graham will be a guest on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan” today at 11 a.m. to talk Virginia sports. Later today we’ll be heading out to the Valley Mission in Staunton to do a Videocast report on the Mission this holiday season. And don’t miss the special commentary on economic development in…
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Radio WOOF creator Bill Wellington is the featured attraction at the December Children’s Hour being put on in Downtown Waynesboro Friday afternoon.
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Here is an updated list of highway work projects that might affect traffic in the Staunton Transportation District during the coming weeks. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists are advised to watch for slow-moving tractors during mowing operations. Also, when traveling through a work zone, be alert…
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Lindsay Hyson was so looking forward to The Nutcracker. She was gushing when I asked her about it. “Oh, my gosh, yes. I’ve done The Nutracker four times, and I’ve loved every one,” said Hyson, the Snow Queen in the Progressions Repertory Dance Company and Old Dominion Performance Arts Studio production of the classic ballet.
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Waynesboro City Council famously didn’t see fit to give city employees a half-day for Christmas Eve, evoking images of Scrooge and the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. So what do we make of Staunton City Council now that it has voted to give not a half-day to city employees, but a full-day?
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City Hall is a busy place on Christmas Eve, which is why Chris Graham understands where the conservatives on Waynesboro City Council are coming from in not giving city employees the day off. Stop the Presses commentary by Chris Graham. Length: 1:59.
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“I don’t want to be the Grinch That Stole Christmas,” City Councilman Bruce Allen said Monday night, as he proceeded to Grinchily steal Christmas Eve from city employees. On the table was a proposal from Councilwoman Nancy Dowdy to give city employees a half-day off on Christmas Eve, which this year falls midweek on a…
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Another 335 employees at the Invista plant in Waynesboro are being laid off as part of a company plan to idle part of the local facility’s fibers plant in a move that would seem at first glance to be a sign of the times of the ongoing global economic downturn. But is it the global…
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The Target store in the Waynesboro Town Center teamed up with the United Way of Greater Augusta Tuesday night to spread the Christmas cheer to 26 needy children. The kids each received $50 gift cards and had a few minutes with Santa and left the store with wrapped presents to put under the tree. AFP…
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